by our College Data Analytics TeamGet a feel for student life at Southern Maine Community College by checking out the information on classes and faculty below.
Student to faculty ratio is one of the standard metrics used to gauge the number of teaching resources a school provides for its students. With 17 students for every one instructional faculty member, Southern Maine Community College has more students split among the same faculty when compared to the national average of 15 . This metric might be an indicator that larger class sizes may be the norm, especially in introductory courses.
The following table shows all the employees the school considers instructional, and therefore, part of the above student-to-faculty ratio. These include both those employees designated as either "primarily instructional" or as "instructional combined with research/public service". It does not include employees that have been identified by Southern Maine Community College as primarily performing research or public service.
| Total | Full Time | Part Time | Percent Full Time | |
| Total of Instructional Employees | 437 | 98 | 339 | 22.4% |
| Total of Those With Faculty Status | 392 | 98 | 294 | 25.0% |
| Tenured Faculty | - | - | - | - |
| On Tenure Track | - | - | - | - |
| Not on Tenure Track | 392 | 98 | 294 | 25.0% |
| Without Faculty Status | 45 | - | 45 | - |
| Graduate Assistants | - | - | - | - |
Southern Maine Community College's use of full-time instructors ranks among the nation's lowest, with only 22.0% of instructors teaching on a full-time basis.
This school does not have a tenure system, and so we are unable to call out the number of 'adjuncts' due to all teachers being considered non-tenure track. This can be a good thing or a bad thing depending on the school. We encourage you to understand this topic more deeply, and how the colleges you are interested in approach faculty hiring. It's your education and your money on the line. Make sure you know what you are getting for it.
Many U.S. colleges utilize enrolled graduate assistants to help instructional faculty, however, as Southern Maine Community College does not offer graduate degree programs, this practice is not applicable to this college.
